Battle of the Big Bang

Niyayesh Afshordi

Here is a thrilling exploration of competing cosmological origin stories, comparing new scientific ideas that upend our very notions of space, time, and reality. By most popular accounts, the universe started with a bang some 13.8 billion years ago. But what happened before the Big Bang? And how do we know it happened at all? Here prominent cosmologist Niayesh Afshordi and science communicator Phil Halper offer a tour of the peculiar possibilities: bouncing and cyclic universes, time loops, creations from nothing, multiverses, black hole births, string theories, and holograms. Along the way, they offer both a call for new physics and a riveting story of scientific debate.

Author(s): Afshordi, Niyayesh
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 13/05/2025
Pagination: 360 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: The University of Chicago Press
Published By: The University of Chicago Pres
Book Classification: Astrophysics|Impact of science & technology on society|Cosmology & the universe
Dimensions: 229x152
Weight: 454
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780226830476